Georg Daniel Teutsch

Georg Daniel Teutsch (December 12, 1817, in Schässburg, Austrian Empire – July 2, 1893, in Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary) was a Transylvanian Saxon historian and bishop of the Lutheran (Augsburg Confession) Church in Transylvania.

Biography Teutsch was born in Schässburg, in the Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (now Sighișoara, Romania). He was bishop of the Transylvanian Saxons.

Publications Teutsch published 87 works and lager studies, apart of numerous smaller contributions. His work includes several biographical sketches of Transylvanian personalities. Here are the main titles according to the Deutsche Biographie online entry.

Compendium of the History of Transylvania [up to 1526] , 1844 in a wider collection of texts, 1865 by itself History of the Transylvanian Saxons for the Saxon People [up to 1699; co tinued later by his son], 6 vols., Kronstadt, 1852-58; 1874 (2nd ed.), 1925 (4th ed.) The Reformation in the Transylvanian Saxon Lands , 1852 Book of Historical Documents from Transylvania [up to 1301] , Vienna, 1857 (editor, with Friedrich Firnhaber, head of the Austrian Imperial archives) The Tithe Right of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Transylvania , 1858 Transylvanian Chronicle of the Schäßburg Town Clerk Georg Kraus. 1608–1665. , 2 vols., 1862-64 (editor) Book of Documents of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Transylvania , 2 vols., Hermannstadt, 1862/83 (editor) 1st vol. (1862): covers the 16th and 17th centuries. 2nd vol. (1883): "The Synod Proceedings of the Evangelical Church A.B. in Transylvania during the Century of the Reformation" Reformatio ecclesiae Coronensis ac totius Barcensis provinciae , 1865 (editor)